Four (composition)
| "Four" | |
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| Composition by Miles Davis from the album Blue Haze | |
| Released | 1954 |
| Recorded | March 15 and April 3, 1954 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 4:03[1] |
| Label | Prestige |
| Composer | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson[2] |
| Producer | Bob Weinstock, Ira Gitler |
| Blue Haze track listing | |
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"Four" is a 1954 jazz standard composed by the American jazz saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and mistakenly attributed to jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.[3] It was first recorded in 1954 by Miles Davis and released in 1956 on his album Blue Haze.[2]
Song Form
Four begins with an ascending major second, the composition is a 32 bar ABAC form.[4]
Renditions
The following artists have covered this composition.
- Miles Davis - Miles Davis Quartet 1954 (1954)
- Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
- Ron Affif - Vierd Blues(1993)[5]
- Gene Ammons - Jamming Hi fi with Gene Ammons (1957)
- Chet Baker - Chet Baker in Tokyo (1987)
- Harry Sweets Edison Just Friends: Live at Bubba's Jazz Restaurant (1981)
- Madeline Eastman Mad About Madeline! (1991)
- Joe Henderson - Four (1968)
- Sam Jones - Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection (1988)
- Phineas Newborn - The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. (1962)
- Anita O'Day - Complete Anita O'Day Clef/Verve Sessions (2000)
- Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins & Co 1964 (1964)
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Voices in Modern (2011)
- Mulgrew Miller - From Day To Day (1990).[6]
- George Benson and Al Jarreau - Givin' It Up (2006)
References
- ↑ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Blue Haze - Miles Davis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- 1 2 Aebersold, Jamey (1995). Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Long - Volume 65 - Four and More. Jamey Aebersold Jazz Inc. pp. ii. ISBN 1-56224-209-1.
- ↑ Koster, Rick. Texas Music, St. Martin's Press, page 319, (2000) - ISBN 0-312-25425-3
- ↑ Levine, Mark (1995). The Jazz theory Book. Sher Music Co. p. 388.
- ↑ amg
- ↑ Levine, Mark (1995). The Jazz theory Book. Sher Music Co. p. 114.
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